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Intro
Valindra’s foul magic has permeated the Sword Coast and corrupted countless dragons by awakening them to their planar echoes. To address the threat, Lord Neverember has enlisted the aid of notorious dragon hunter Smerdiuk Dragonbane. Smerdiuk and his crew have arrived in Protector’s Enclave to set up a new base of operations in their hunt. They welcome any adventurer who proves they can face off against the might of the dragons.
Dragon Hunter’s Camp
Smerdiuk Dragonbane is a renowned dragon hunter famous for his books on dragon hunting. He brings with him a crew of expert hunters who fulfill various roles in his dragon hunter’s camp set up past the Deekin Street gate in Protector’s Enclave. Gurness Stormforge is Smerdiuk’s trusty smith, a master of forging the magical scales of dragons into unrivaled weapons and armor. Aerlyna Everfell is the true hunter of the group, tracking dragons throughout the Sword Coast. Zaraloth investigates the mysteries of the Weave and currently researches the effects of Valindra’s mythal on dragons across the Sword Coast. And lastly Smerdiuk’s lifelong friend Dhomir the Pious serves as the group’s healer and aids in matters of curses and cleansing.
Dragon Hunts
Dragon hunts are a new kind of queue where you can take on young dragons by yourself, adult dragons in a party of three, or the most powerful ancient dragons in a full party of five. As you progress in the Dragon Hunt questline you will unlock access to ancient dragon hunts, and a variety of rewards to be purchased with parts harvested from defeated dragons.
Dragon Lairs
From icy peaks to volcanic depths, dragons make their home in various places across Faerun. You will travel with the dragon hunters to various lairs hunting chromatic dragons affected by the mythal. Dragon hunts will take place across five distinct biomes where the five chromatic dragons have made their lairs and hidden their vast treasure hordes.
Hunt Modifiers
More challenging dragons can be hunted by applying hunt modifiers when departing for a dragon hunt. These modifiers change up the way a hunt plays out and empower the dragons. This also increases the rewards gained at the end of a hunt. A new interface will guide players in proposing different modifiers from their collection and the system will then select which modifiers are applied from the group’s proposals. More modifiers can be unlocked and upgraded as you progress.
Dragon Updates
Dragons in Neverwinter have been overhauled and modernized to be mobile, dynamic, and intelligent threats worthy of the D&D name. Along with a major visual update, dragons now command a new suite of powerful attacks and spells. In true D&D fashion, Dragons can now take flight and sweep the lair with devastating breath weapons, or stand on their haunches in an intimidating stance displaying their mastery of magic as flinging powerful spells at their enemies. As they age, dragons’ become more challenging, unlocking the ability to use more abilities with ancient dragons demonstrating the pinnacle of this incredible creature. Whether it be the vicious white dragon or the cunning black dragon, they each chromatic dragon has a fighting style fitting their personality and elemental affinity. This creates a unique challenge to overcome and master as adventurers rise through the ranks to become a top Dragonslayers.
Campaign and Rewards
Dragon hunts will have a new Dragonslayer campaign which you will progress by hunting dragons. You will also work to gather Elemental Strands from various Adventure Zones and Queues in order to unlock and upgrade your Dragon Hunt Modifiers, as well as collect epic new dragon hunter gear!
Elliot Minner
Content Designer
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Dragon Hunts are special player-vs-environment private instances that were introduced as part of Module 23: Dragonslayer.
Dragon Tiers
Dragon Hunts come in three tiers: Baby Dragons, Adult Dragons, and Ancient Dragons.
Baby Dragons are unlocked upon completing the first quest in the Dragonslayer Campaign, and must be completed by a single player.
Upon defeating two Baby Dragons, the character unlocks Adult Dragons. Adult Dragons are more challenging than their Baby counterpart, featuring additional attacks and higher damage and health. Parties of up to three players can queue for Adult Dragons.
Upon reaching Rank 15 in the Dragonslayer campaign (obtained by defeating 15 Baby and Adult Dragons in total), the character unlocks Ancient Dragons. Ancient Dragons are the most challenging dragons, and feature significantly more attacks, higher damage, and higher health than Adult Dragons. Parties of up to five players can queue for Ancient Dragons, and the recommended party makeup is 1 Tank, 1 Healer, and 3 DPS.
Dragon Colors
Dragons come in five different colors, one of which is selected randomly upon each instance creation. The five colors are: Black Dragons, Blue Dragons, Green Dragons, Red Dragons, and White Dragons. Each dragon features a distinct set of attacks, with some overlap, as well as a distinct elemental damage type.
Black Dragons Acid Acid AoE pools
Fling (bite attack targeting the aggro-holder)
Blue Dragons Lightning Lightning AoE pools
Green Dragons Poison Acid AoE pools
Red Dragons Fire Fire AoE pools
Fling (bite attack targeting the aggro-holder)
White Dragons Ice Ice AoE pools
Fling (bite attack targeting the aggro-holder)
Hunt Modifiers
Players have the option to increase the difficulty of a Dragon Hunt by adding Hunt Modifiers, often called Mods, in the starting area. When Hunt Modifiers are used, players receive additional rewards upon completion of the Hunt. Up to 3 Modifiers can be used on a single Ancient Dragons, and it is recommended that players only use Modifiers at Rank 3 which guarantees rewards. Hunt Modifiers have 4 tiers: Easy, Medium, Hard and Extreme.
Easy
Hindered Recovery Player ability cooldown time increased. Chance of [Dragon's Claw] or [Dragon's Horn]
Master's Zeal Dragon minions are more powerful. Chance of [Dragon's Claw] or [Dragon's Horn]
Pointless Player action point gain reduced. Chance of [Dragon's Claw] or [Dragon's Horn]
Master's Zeal Dragon minions are more powerful. Chance of [Dragon's Claw] or [Dragon's Horn]
Pointless Player action point gain reduced. Chance of [Dragon's Claw] or [Dragon's Horn]
Medium
Death's Door Player Spawns a wraith on death. [Dragon's Claw] or [Dragon's Horn]
Ferocity Enemy damage increased. [Dragon's Claw] or [Dragon's Horn]
Itty Bitty Player defense and offense reduced. [Dragon's Claw] or [Dragon's Horn]
Ferocity Enemy damage increased. [Dragon's Claw] or [Dragon's Horn]
Itty Bitty Player defense and offense reduced. [Dragon's Claw] or [Dragon's Horn]
Hard
Easily Irritated Dragon enrages more frequently. 12 [Dragon's Hardened Plate]
Limited Conditioning Player stamina regeneration reduced. 12 [Dragon's Wing Webbing]
Resilience Enemy health increased. 12 [Dragon's Finger Bones]
Limited Conditioning Player stamina regeneration reduced. 12 [Dragon's Wing Webbing]
Resilience Enemy health increased. 12 [Dragon's Finger Bones]
Extreme
Denied Player artifact, mount, and potion slots disabled. 16 [Dragon's Wing Webbing]
Rotating Chaos Random player power category will be disabled for a time. 16 [Dragon's Hardened Plate]
Tricky Reversal At-will powers damage the player. 16 [Dragon's Finger Bones]
Rotating Chaos Random player power category will be disabled for a time. 16 [Dragon's Hardened Plate]
Tricky Reversal At-will powers damage the player. 16 [Dragon's Finger Bones]
Hunt Rewards and Gear
The primary goal for running Dragon Hunts is to be able to buy the associated gear from the Dragonslayer Campaign Store. The gear can be purchased with the many drops received from Dragon Hunts: [Dragon's Scales], [Dragon's Claws], [Dragon's Horn], [Dragon's Ridges], [Dragon's Wing Webbing], [Dragon's Finger Bones], and [Dragon's Hardened Plate].